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Judge Edward Bowen

Coloured picture of a tombstone in the grass and surrounded by trees

Location: Mount Hermon Cemetery, section S
Date: c. 2019
Source: Archives of Treggett Family
Taken by Ariel Blouin

In 1803, Justice Edward Bowen was chosen by the governor as the Attorney General of Lower Canada.

In 1812, he was appointed judge of the Court of King’s Bench in Quebec. In 1824, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of the province. Bowen was also a French translator for the Executive Council and a French secretary for the province. In 1849 he served as chief justice of the Superior Court, a position he held for almost two decades.